(The Center Square) — The San Diego City Council will look over a development team’s proposal to convert a 21-story office building at 101 Ash St. into low-income housing later this month.
San Diego’s Land Use and Housing Committee voted unanimously last week in favor of recommending approval of a $250 million housing development project. The project is a 60-year lease with housing developers MRK Partners and Create Dev LLC that aims at taking the city-owned building in downtown San Diego and creating 247 affordable housing units for people earning between 30%-80% of the Area Median Income.
As well as housing units, the project includes three manager’s units, 25,000 square feet of retail space and 4,000 square feet of commercial space intended for a childcare center for kids up to age 5, according to a staff report issued June 23…